Shloka 36
भीष्म–रामजामदग्न्ययुद्धप्रस्थानवर्णनम्
Bhishma’s Account of Parashurama’s Challenge and the March to Kurukshetra
अयुतान्यथ खर्वाणि निखर्वाणि च कौरव । राम: शराणां संक्रुद्धो मयि तूर्ण न््यपातयत्
ayutāny atha kharvāṇi nikharvāṇi ca kaurava | rāmaḥ śarāṇāṃ saṃkruddho mayi tūrṇaṃ nyapātayat ||
Bhīṣma said: “O Kaurava, then Rāma (Paraśurāma), inflamed with wrath, swiftly rained upon me arrows in countless multitudes—tens of thousands and beyond—seeking to overwhelm me by sheer force.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights how uncontrolled anger in conflict expresses itself as overwhelming force, while the narrative context underscores steadfastness and resilience amid extreme aggression—qualities expected in a kṣatriya confrontation.
Bhīṣma recounts to a Kaurava how Paraśurāma (Rāma), furious in their encounter, rapidly unleashed an immense shower of arrows upon him, emphasizing the intensity and scale of the assault.